Paul Zitzelsberger, right, secretary of the Nine Partners Lions Club in the Town of Clinton, presents a certificate of thanks to Poughkeepsie Journal Circulation Manager Bill Farrell. / Courtesy photo

Dance center students receive ballet awards

Rhinebeck Dance Centre students participated in the American Academy of Ballet Performance Awards program in June at the Olin Auditorium at Bard College.

The Performance Awards are not competitive, so all students received a medal and a certificate. The awards are based on individual merit. The dancers ranged over 12 levels, the first including dancers as young as 6. The audience included teachers, parents, friends and Mignon Furman, director of the American Academy of Ballet.

Each dancer received a certificate and a medal on a ribbon. The awards at each of the 12 levels include Bronze, Bronze with Distinction, Silver, Silver with Distinction, Gold and Gold with Distinction.

Lions Club thanks Journal for aiding golf outing

Paul Zitzelsberger, secretary of the Nine Partners Lions Club in the Town of Clinton, recently presented a certificate of thanks to Circulation Manager Bill Farrell and the Poughkeepsie Journal for helping make the club's annual golf outing a success.

For several years, the Journal has donated prizes for some of the foursomes that participate in the tournament.

The Lions Club said that sponsors such as the Journal have helped the organization return more than $100,000 to the Town of Clinton in the last decade.

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